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| 2 | -- SUMMARY -- |
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| 4 | The Views Dynamic Fields module provides a filter for use with Views module. |
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| 5 | This filter allows the user to pick and choose which fields to display for a rendered |
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| 6 | instance of a view for that user. This provides a customized view instance for each user. |
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| 8 | This module provides additional value when used with the Views Excel Export module |
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| 9 | (http://drupal.org/project/views_export_xls) to generate an xls file from a view. |
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| 10 | The xls file will only display the fields you have chosen on the rendered view instance in browser. |
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| 13 | -- REQUIREMENTS -- |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | This module depends on the Views (http://drupal.org/project/views) module. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | -- INSTALLATION -- |
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| 20 | 1. Place the entirety of this directory in sites/all/modules/views_dynamic_fields |
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| 21 | 2. Navigate to administer >> build >> modules. Enable views_dynamic_fields. |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | -- CONFIGURATION -- |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | None. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | -- USAGE -- |
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| 31 | 1. Create (or edit) a View by navigating to site building >> views >> add |
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| 32 | 2. Click on '+' near Filters to add a filter |
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| 33 | 3. Under 'Node', choose 'Node: Dynamic Fields' |
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| 34 | 4. Choose 'Provide exclusion mode' if you want the user to use the selected list of fields |
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| 35 | to be 'excluded' from the view output. If this is not checked, then the selection list |
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| 36 | will be included in the view and the unchecked fields will be excluded. |
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| 37 | 5. Click Update |
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| 38 | 6. Choose 'Expose' (this filter is to be used as an exposed filter) |
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| 39 | 7. More default filter options |
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| 40 | 8. Click Update |
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| 41 | 9. Add fields and other items to your view |
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| 42 | 10. Make sure you have a 'path' set for a 'page' display of the view |
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| 43 | 11. Click Save to save your view to the database. |
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| 44 | 12. Navigate to the url set for the view. You should now see a list of fields of that view |
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| 45 | with a checkbox next to each. |
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| 46 | 13. Select the list of fields that you want to include/exclude (see step 4) in the current displayed instance |
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| 47 | 14. Click Apply to see the view displayed with only the fields chosen |
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| 50 | -- TROUBLESHOOTING -- |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | * If you are not seeing the filter with the list of fields with checkboxes, |
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| 53 | make sure you have 'exposed' the 'Node: Dynamic Fields' filter |
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| 55 | -- CONTACT -- |
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| 57 | * Girish Nair (girishmuraly) - http://drupal.org/user/61249 |
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